Podcasts about future cities catapult

So our third and final instalment of our mini-series focused on Reverse Mentoring, I have handed over hosting responsibilities to the newest generation of real estate professionals. They will be interviewing each other on what first got them attracted to the industry, what value they have to offer, what they need from their managers and leaders, what's been their brightest and darkest days so far and what they predict is in store for their careers in the future.In this episode, we hear from Rachael Currie at Avison Young, Hebe Mottershead Davies at Arcadis, Fola Olaleye at Future Cities Catapult and Melissa Love at LocatED. Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9054319Contact details Ncarman@macdonaldandcompany.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

About Professor Sir David KingProfessor Sir David King is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge; Founder and Chair of the Centre for ClimateRepairin the University; Chair of the Climate Crisis advisory Group; an Affiliate Partner of SYSTEMIQ  Limited;  Senior Strategy Adviser to the President of Rwanda and founder member of the Clean Growth Leadership Network, CGLN. He served as Founding Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University, 2008-2012, Head of the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University, 1993-2000, and Master of Downing College Cambridge 1995 - 2000.He was the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, 2000-2007, the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative on Climate Change, 2013-2017, and Chair of Future Cities Catapult, 2012-2016. He has travelled widely to persuade all countries to act on climate change. He initiated an in-depth risk analysis approach to climate change, working with the Governments of China and India in particular, and initiated a collaborative programme, now known as Mission Innovation, to create a £23bn pa research and development international exercise, which involves 22 countries and the EC, to deliver all technologies needed to complete the transition into a fossil-fuel-free world economy. In June 2021, he launched the Climate Crisis Advisory Group,CCAG, a global team of 15 climate experts drawn from 10 countries who give monthly public (virtual) meetings on their work, available to all. CCAG are able to respond, with authority and quickly, to current needs in the process of protecting our future, with advice on the actions needed to deliver this effectively and safely. He was born in Durban, educated at St John's College Johannesburg and at Witwatersrand University, graduating in Chemistry and a PhD in physical chemistry. He has received 23 Honorary Degrees from universities around the world. As Govt Chief Scientific Adviser he raised the need for governments to act on climate change and was instrumental in creating the British £1 billion Energy Technologies Institute. He created an in-depth futures process which advised government on a wide range of long-term issues, from flooding to obesity. He was Member, the President's Advisory Council, Rwanda, and Science Advisor to UBS, 2008-12  He has published over 500 papers on surface science and catalysis and on science and policy, for which he has received many awards, medals etc. and 23 honorary degrees from universities around the world. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1991; Foreign Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002; knighted in 2003; made “Officier dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur” in 2009.  In Feb 2022 he was awarded the David and Betty Hamburg AAAS award for Science Diplomacy 

Statistics from the International Labour Organisation illustrate an urgent picture: Every day, 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases: more than 2.3 million deaths per year. This talk explores if Safetytech could be the answer. Data and digital technology are transforming the way whole industries operate. However, a huge challenge persists in transferring these revolutionary technologies to improve safety and reduce risks, particularly in the critical infrastructure industries which underpin our modern society like energy, food, shipping and transportation. The Lloyd’s Register Safety Accelerator was set up to help to accelerate the adoption and deployment of digital technology in industry for safety and risk purposes. In this talk, Safety Accelerator Manager, Serena Connor, will share highlights and learnings from the programme’s funded pilot projects aimed at preventing critical operational failures, reducing human errors and saving lives across energy, transport and food industries. About the speaker After graduating from Stanford University, Serena worked for Washington, DC-based PR firm, Tigercomm, specialising in renewable energy, clean tech and environmental advocacy communications, before joining the Future Cities Catapult in London. Serena now works with innovation consultancy, Tenshi, where she helps corporate and public organisations collaborate to solve challenges. She is currently working for the Lloyd’s Register Foundation as Programme Manager for the Lloyd’s Register Safety Accelerator – the world’s first global safety accelerator, “making the world a better place through digital innovation.”

What would employee health, business performance and our cities be like if our employees chose to run or even cycle to work and left the car and public transport behind? One big challenge though is that the infrastructure to be able to shower and change has not been easily accessible. Most companies also have not had showers in their buildings. This may be about to change! Scott Cain is the founder and CEO of RunFriendly (www.runfriendly.com). He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Bartlett, in the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, and holds advisory roles with Faculty.ai (Artificial Intelligence and machine learning), PSYT, PAN Studio and Centric Lab. Previously Scott was Chief Business Officer and Executive Director at the Future Cities Catapult, a world-leading urban innovation centre. Join us as we discuss executive health, how organizations can support their employees in getting healthier and more productive and the benefits to our cities.

What would employee health, business performance and our cities be like if our employees chose to run or even cycle to work and left the car and public transport behind? One big challenge though is that the infrastructure to be able to shower and change has not been easily accessible. Most companies also have not had showers in their buildings. This may be about to change! Scott Cain is the founder and CEO of RunFriendly (www.runfriendly.com). He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Bartlett, in the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, and holds advisory roles with Faculty.ai (Artificial Intelligence and machine learning), PSYT, PAN Studio and Centric Lab. Previously Scott was Chief Business Officer and Executive Director at the Future Cities Catapult, a world-leading urban innovation centre. Join us as we discuss executive health, how organizations can support their employees in getting healthier and more productive and the benefits to our cities.

After the never-ending summer, we catch you up on the latest big news from local government and what to expect from LGiU this Autumn. Plus a special focus on the future of cities, with highlights from the Cities on the Rise Conference in Cork and a Future Cities Catapult workshop on city data sharing. We finish with our favourite news stories in 'And Finally'. Hosted by Jen Glover and Jonathan Carr-West. Feat. interviews with Sam Markey and Ed Parkes from Future Cities Catapult. City X Conference discount code: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityx-the-future-cities-expo-cityx2018-tickets-47911784437?discount=LGIUDiscount

Episode 16 is with Sam Markey, who as the Future Cities Catapult's Head of Executive Office commissioned the ‘Neuroscience for Cities’ playbook, and it’s lead author our very own Araceli Camargo who is head of R&D for Centric. The purpose of this session was to invite them on to explain in their own words why such a venture was taken and where it’s direction lies. A first of its kind, the ‘Neuroscience for Cities Playbook’ is a close collaboration between Future Cities Catapult, Centric Lab and University College London. It brings forward a framework of how neuroscience research can be put into practice in cities. This has been presented as a set of new tools, methodologies and strategies for organisations big and small, to adopt neuroscience insights into their supply chain.  ------- For further contact; Sam's twitter handle: @SamMarkey Araceli's twitter handle: @aracelicamargo_ A direct link for the 20% discount to CityX is - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityx-the-future-cities-expo-cityx2018-tickets-47911784437?discount=NeuroCitiesDiscount. The link to Human Spatial Navigation is here - https://press.princeton.edu/titles/11344.html Do stay in touch with Centric Lab via our website, thecentriclab.com, via twitter twitter.com/TheCentricLab or just say hello via email if you have any questions hello@thecentriclab.com, or for ideas on the podcast itself to podcast@thecentriclab.com

This track welcomes Alex Fefegha from Comuzi Lab and our very own Araceli Camargo from Centric as we discuss AI, racial bias and discussing some of Alex's projects concerned with ensuring that decision making form an urban and social perspective is inclusive and not one-directional. Alex is founder + head creative technologist @comuzi_lab. which is an experimental R&D agency working at the intersection of emerging technology & humans. Some of their clients include the BBC and the NHS. On the side he also runs @_cretativehustle is an award-winning educational platform for young individuals from underrepresented groups. Alex is wise beyond his years, fiercely intelligent, incredibly patient and on a constant hustle to progress. Without any further due let’s get on with the who. Best way to get in touch with Alex is at his website which hosts other links to his work - http://alexfefegha.com/. If you’re interested in getting in touch with Araceli then you can do so via our website, thecentriclab.com. Thanks and if you do have the time please do give us a review on iTunes. ------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: ------------------------------------------- In 2017 we started conversations with the Future Cities Catapult, a UK government related organisation that are on mission to advance urban innovation, to grow UK companies, to make cities better. They were interested in whether neuroscience is a field of research that can be a new evidence base and tool kit to make cities better. Sticking to their mission of bringing together businesses and universities to solve the problems that cities face, we were commissioned alongside our partners at University college London to produce a document on its potential. What started out as a report, became a playbook. The playbook is there to give agency to practitioners to take into account more nuances of how the built environment effects experience. It is primarily set to establish what is the role of neuroscience in the built environment, where its limitations are, where its opportunities are right now, a framework for use but also where it’s going in the future. To download a free copy head to the FCC website of futurecities.catapult.org.uk.

Euan Mills is an Urban Designer at Future Cities Catapult currently advising the Mayor of London, England and his planning team on major redevelopments across the city. He believes in utilizing technology to plan our cities better. This is the 2nd episode of a 5 part series recorded in Vienna. This series features some of the most progressive people from across the globe that are truly driving change in their cities. Subscribe on your preferred platform: www.invisiblecitypodcast.com/subscribe Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/invisiblecitypodcast/ep014

On this show I’m delighted to have Stefan Webb from the Future Cities Catapult. Stefan has a broad career in the world of urban planning and now has a particular remit in co-running the PlanTech strategy for Future Cities Catapult. FCC as I like to call them have a remit from the UK government to help identify the new business opportunities for cities of the future and how through early investment, testing and nurturing they can make that the journey smoother for UK business in the long run. They regularly cover some fascinating topics and it’s been a personal pleasure to talk with Stefan so I hope you’ll enjoy listening to him too. To find out more about what Stef and his great colleagues are up to be sure to head over the FCC website of futurecities.catapult.org.uk. If you have any questions about the show, or even ideas for it please email us at podcast@thecentriclab.com and feel free to give us a follow on Twitter via @TheCentricLab.

We interview Matthew Wood-Hill of the Future Cities Catapult about his experiences of working with open standards for data

Click Here Or On Above Image To Reach Our ExpertsCybersecurity Expert Suggests Blockchain To Thwart HackersEveryone should have concerns about cybersecurity as there are many fronts in this battle. Hackers are increasingly targeting not just people's credit card details but also other personal details and critical infrastructure more often than you would think. The worst fear is that terrorists could take out a nuclear plant, causing a disaster like Fukishima. Corporations also target people's data in order to improve sales and expand their customer base. Mass surveillance means that someone might always be listening. Demand for services that ensure cybersecurity will grow rapidly in the years to come and blockchain technology is making multiple advances in addressing these concerns.Guardtime has recently announced its intention to use its own blockchain to secure the UK's energy infrastructure, including nuclear power plants and electricity distribution grids, as well as national flood defences, in partnership with Future Cities Catapult. PRO-DTECH II FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)CEO of Guardtime, Mike Gault, decided to base some of his operation out of Estonia, capitalizing on the talented pool of cryptographers. The key problem he was able to solve was how to protect the integrity of data without keeping secrets to verify whether such data is correct. The blockchain used by Guardtime, although inspired by Bitcoin, differs from virtual currency blockchains; it is based on Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI), which improves on the scalability and settlement time. CELLPHONE DETECTOR (PROFESSIONAL)(Buy/Rent/Layaway)This system relies on the integrity of the hash function to ensure integrity of data, allowing it to identify three attributes of data: first, proof of time, i.e. when the asset was actually registered on the Blockchain; second, identity, referring to where the asset was first recorded; and third, authenticity, referring to whether or not the data has been tampered with.PRO-DTECH III FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)The integrity of data in the system, not the confidentiality of data, was attacked at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility by Stuxnet, a malicious computer program, back in 2013. 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Their white paper gives an illuminating example of how it can be used to reduce costs and offer a new income stream for customers. A pharmaceutical company looking for patients in clinical trials would be able to scan genomic databases for candidates. With guaranteed privacy and autonomous control, more consumers will feel comfortable selling their data. Wireless Camera Finder(Buy/Rent/Layaway)This will allow greater data-sharing between companies and lead to more value being created by businesses. However, Enigma needs to reach critical mass before the network can start working securely. To help expand the network and gain users, every time someone requests a computation from the Enigma network, they pay a bitcoin fee. 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Claire is a designer and urbanist who currently works at the Future Cities Catapult, the UK's urban innovation agency. Claire has worked in a number of fields looking at the human scale in the city in relation to both architecture and the design of products and services. In her Small Talk, Claire talks about her approach and some of her most recent projects.

With the world's urban population set to double by 2015, how can cities deal with more and more people? Our panel discuss the next phase of urban planning. Peter Madden, the chief executive of Future Cities Catapult; Tristan Wilkinson, the deputy CEO of Go On UK; James Johns, the HP director of strategy, public sector UK; and Eric Yeatman of Imperial College London.